How to Use underappreciated in a Sentence

underappreciated

adjective
  • Her work is underappreciated by the critics.
  • Heath’s speed is one of the more underappreciated parts of his game.
    — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 21 Dec. 2017
  • There’s a lot of life left in the underappreciated body style.
    — Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2018
  • If the goal was to give underappreciated artists their due, the setup didn’t quite work.
    — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Who are the kids who feel alone and underappreciated?
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Yet, hope is one of those things that is underappreciated and overlooked.
    — Womensmedia, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
  • That and a fondness for one of the most underappreciated films in the series.
    — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
  • There are many threats to elections, but this is one that's underappreciated.
    — Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 18 June 2024
  • The first is a study of the mind of a frequently underappreciated founder.
    — Nr Symposium, National Review, 31 July 2017
  • There are a lot of mid-career artists who have been underappreciated, and there's an element of luck in it.
    — Romy Oltuski, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Feb. 2014
  • But which are the most underappreciated scary movies that keep your favorite horror creators up at night?
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The role of long-reliever may be the most underappreciated on any pitching staff.
    — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 June 2017
  • This seems to me an underappreciated part of Apple’s success in the past decade.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Bigsby may be one of the most underappreciated running backs in the country.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Davis’s case shows one of the underappreciated dangers of the disease.
    — Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Defense is perhaps one of the most underappreciated parts of a catcher’s game.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2022
  • Cameron Jordan is also one of the most underappreciated stars in the league, and this defense changes games.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2019
  • An underappreciated way to get a luxe look in your bathroom is to change the lighting—both the fixtures themselves and the placement.
    — Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The firm says the stock is underappreciated.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The chip team went back to the drawing board and focused all their efforts into the underappreciated tomato, and ketchup chips were born.
    — Arianne Jones, Saveur, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Tuesday is perhaps the most underappreciated day of the week.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This truly does feel like a movie that will be on someone’s list of underappreciated masterpieces in a few years, so why not see if that someone is you?
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The principle behind every story in the book is that there’s got to be a good story, and maybe an underappreciated one.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Weir gave it soul and fun, and his underappreciated guitar playing was the glue that held the whole Dead sound together.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That seems like to me a really scary and also quite underappreciated by the broader public, the effect on food.
    — David Wallace-Wells, Daily Intelligencer, 11 July 2017
  • Haendiges said that the white flag alerts are more common in the winter but the dangers heat present to the unsheltered is underappreciated.
    — Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2022
  • But that strength is exactly why the risk is also underappreciated.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • What are underappreciated parts of the city that every New Yorker should know?
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Due in part to his 0-4 record in the playoffs, Dalton’s body of work is underappreciated.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2020
  • This may be one of the more underappreciated axioms in the NFL.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024

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